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  Thread: Sorry – no Dacres Wood Open Day tomorrow
Post: Sorry – no Dacres Wood Open Day tomorrow

We like to open the Dacres Wood Nature Reserve the last Saturday of each month, but sadly we can't do so tomorrow. Really sorry about this, because there are lots of other good things happening at the...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,719 26-05-2017, 06:36 PM
  Thread: Dacres Wood April Open Day this Saturday
Post: Dacres Wood April Open Day this Saturday

This coming Saturday, from 1 pm to 4 pm, is the first opportunity in 2017 for everyone from the community to look round this local nature reserve, with its large pond, incorporating one of the last re...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,639 26-04-2017, 12:01 PM
  Thread: Dacres Wood and Mayow Park Birdwalk, 7.30 am April 9th
Post: Dacres Wood and Mayow Park Birdwalk, 7.30 am April...

Starting from the Dacres Wood Field Study centre, at end of newly resurfaced Honeyfield Mews, off Dacres Road. It will last between one and two hours. We should see a good range of our local birds, ...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,833 03-04-2017, 09:31 AM
  Thread: Dacres Wood tomorrow
Post: Dacres Wood tomorrow

Anyone want to help with some conservation volunteering, or taking photos tomorrow? Looking forwards to seeing you More on our website here [url=http://dacreswood.org.uk/last-tuesday-of-janua...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,895 30-01-2017, 01:43 PM
  Thread: Dacres Wood in 2017
Post: Dacres Wood in 2017

There are going to be more opportunities to visit this our local nature reserve in 2017. As well as our regular "last Saturday" Open Days, from April, which are an opportunity to visit,and look round...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,887 22-12-2016, 06:21 PM
  Thread: GoodGym, Lewisham
Post: GoodGym, Lewisham

Don't know if anyone saw this on BBC Breakfast yesterday <iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G3fKxb6Mcz0?ecver=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-me...
dacreswood Businesses & Services 0 2,282 30-10-2016, 07:30 PM
  Thread: How to be a curious entomologist
Post: How to be a curious entomologist

Richard Jones – a.k.a. Bugman Jones [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/666930755709362176/o-jaOWtO_400x400.jpg[/img] will be in Dacres Wood this Saturday from 10.00 to 4.30, showing how t...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,055 06-09-2016, 01:42 PM
  Thread: 2016 Blackberry day! - August 27th
Post: 2016 Blackberry day! - August 27th

It's our August Open Day coming up, and another great opportunity for some blackberrying this amazing local wood [img=600x400]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/P1070766.jpg[/img] ...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,392 17-08-2016, 11:43 AM
  Thread: Dacres Wood Open Day, Saturday 1.00 to 4.00
Post: Dacres Wood Open Day, Saturday 1.00 to 4.00

From 1-4pm Dacres Wood will be open for our regular last Saturday of the month Open Day. Dani will be organising an arts themed activity for kids, in anticipation of Dacres Wood being a major venue fo...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,969 22-06-2016, 04:29 PM
  Thread: May Open Day and Teddy Bear's Picnic this Saturday
Post: May Open Day and Teddy Bear's Picnic this Saturday

[img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/teddy-bears-picnic-poster-2016.jpg[/img] Claire’s organising another of her ever popular Teddy Bear picnics for our May Open Day this Saturd...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,209 24-05-2016, 09:20 AM
  Thread: Life in SE23 - Dacres Wood Open Day – help us get to know our trees!
Post: Life in SE23 - Dacres Wood Open Day – help us get ...

We’ve got our April open day coming up this Saturda, April 30th – 1.00 pm to 4.00, so everyone welcome to have a look round. The reserve is looking very spring like, but the paths are still flooded. W...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 3,454 28-04-2016, 10:47 AM
  Thread: Frogspawn?
Post: RE: Frogspawn?

There was a bit about frogs using a pond in Cumbria on Springwatch last night [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0752hfq/springwatch-easter]Here on iPlayer[/url] which mentioned frogs co...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 8,019 26-03-2016, 12:32 PM
  Thread: Frogspawn Egg Hunt - and maybe some Conservation work?
Post: RE: Frogspawn Egg Hunt - and maybe some Conservati...

Yes, I'd agree. I didn't say we had moved any :)
dacreswood SE23 Topics 2 3,005 23-03-2016, 06:20 PM
  Thread: Frogspawn Egg Hunt - and maybe some Conservation work?
Post: Frogspawn Egg Hunt - and maybe some Conservation w...

This Saturday, from 1.00 to 4.00, is our first “last Saturday of the month” Open Day at Dacres Wood Nature Reserve of 2016. [img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/12729148_5378035...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 2 3,005 23-03-2016, 05:23 PM
  Thread: Dacres Wood and Mayow Park birds
Post: RE: Dacres Wood and Mayow Park birds

One chilly sparrowhawk [img=600x450]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-13-16-2016/SparrowHawk.jpg[/img] According to Paul, leading the walk, if it hadn't been cold and misty, it w...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,942 14-03-2016, 09:43 AM
  Thread: Dacres Wood and Mayow Park birds
Post: Dacres Wood and Mayow Park birds

A good bird walk this morning, the highlight probably seeing a sparrow hawk perched high up in one of the Turkey oaks in Dacres Wood. We also had some lovely clear views of green woodpeckers - three ...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,942 13-03-2016, 04:19 PM
  Thread: Frogspawn?
Post: RE: Frogspawn?

If it was the full moon, it was one which hasn't yet reached Dacres Wood. Alternatively, I wonder if the mallards, which may be settling, are feeding off it. Meanwhile, a bump here for our bird walk...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 8,019 08-03-2016, 07:07 PM
  Thread: Frogspawn?
Post: RE: Frogspawn?

When I lived in Peckham, my neighbour had a pond, and as I recall it would be towards the end of February she'd tell us it had appeared.
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 8,019 28-02-2016, 08:00 PM
  Thread: Frogspawn?
Post: Frogspawn?

Anyone one else seen any frogspawn yet this year? I've just had a comment on our walk for last week, when I said I'd not seen any yet in the Dacres Wood pond, from someone saying there are four clump...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 8,019 28-02-2016, 06:21 PM
  Thread: Booking Dacres Wood
Post: Booking Dacres Wood

Did you know it's possible to book Dacres Wood for children's parties, and other events? It's done via the Council, but they now have a Google calendar they can share via the Dacres Wood web site - w...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 3,067 25-02-2016, 11:10 AM
  Thread: Connecting the Great North Wood
Post: Connecting the Great North Wood

Some good news in my inbox yesterday: [quote]The London Wildlife Trust have secured some funding to promote, rediscover and connect the Great North Wood.[/quote] These are the prospective areas ...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,331 24-02-2016, 01:37 PM
  Thread: Four new species recorded in Dacres Wood
Post: Four new species recorded in Dacres Wood

I've just posted about the acoustic survey done on the reserve last summer, in which three different bat species were detected, [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_pipistrelle[/url] [url]...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,841 21-02-2016, 07:48 PM
  Thread: Bird boxes and bird walks
Post: Bird boxes and bird walks

It's round about now that birds start looking for nesting sites, and before too long, before leaves reappear, will be the best time for bird watching. Paul is our local bird watching expert, who ha...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 2,600 18-02-2016, 04:30 PM
  Thread: Improving local maps
Post: RE: Improving local maps

although we do have funding from the Perry Vale Local Assembly for a replacement bridge / walkway, which should be installed sometime this year ...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 7,883 03-02-2016, 10:23 AM
  Thread: Improving local maps
Post: RE: Improving local maps

Yes - but I'm interested in getting the tracks as recorded by Strava or whatever exported, and then being able to do something with them.
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 7,883 28-01-2016, 01:01 PM
  Thread: Improving local maps
Post: RE: Improving local maps

It's surely a matter of what your smart phone uses, and I'd guess mine - a Samsung Android device - uses what it can, although I'd be interested to know what devices worked best. Google Maps is an ...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 7,883 28-01-2016, 12:22 PM
  Thread: Improving local maps
Post: Improving local maps

I had the idea of tracking myself with Strava on my smartphone when [url=http://dacreswood.org.uk/category/weekly-walk/]walking round Dacres Wood Nature reserve[/url] yesterday, and this is what it ca...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 7,883 28-01-2016, 11:54 AM
  Thread: This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gardens Week!
Post: RE: This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gar...

And thanks, Ema, for organising a lovely afternoon [img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/hedgehog-trail/P1060525-Small.JPG[/img] [img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/hedge...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 2 4,346 25-10-2015, 08:00 PM
  Thread: This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gardens Week!
Post: RE: This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gar...

Just a quick bump - looking forward to tomorrow
dacreswood SE23 Topics 2 4,346 24-10-2015, 07:37 AM
  Thread: This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gardens Week!
Post: This Sunday – Our Hedgehogs are Wild About Gardens...

[img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/august-18-2015/P1050927-Small.JPG[/img] Join us at Dacres Wood Nature Reserve to find out how we can help our hedgehogs. 13.00-16.00 in Dacres Wood N...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 2 4,346 20-10-2015, 08:55 AM
  Thread: Join us making bird boxes - Saturday 26th September
Post: RE: Join us making bird boxes - Saturday 26th Sept...

The boxes have arrived - hoping to see you Saturday!
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 4,033 24-09-2015, 08:48 AM
  Thread: Join us making bird boxes - Saturday 26th September
Post: Join us making bird boxes - Saturday 26th Septembe...

For this month’s Open Day, 1.00 – 4.00 pm, Saturday September 26th, we’ve bought 20 flat pack bird boxes, half with 25 mm holes suitable for smaller birds, such as blue tits, and the rest with 32mm ho...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 4,033 17-09-2015, 09:33 PM
  Thread: Hedgehogs
Post: RE: Hedgehogs

Sadly our hedgehog was too badly wounded, and had to be put down. However, the Royal Horticultural Society and People’s Trust for Endangered Species who are interested in featuring our reserve in ra...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 9,223 27-08-2015, 10:18 AM
  Thread: Hedgehogs
Post: RE: Hedgehogs

[quote]after advice from the Hedgehog Preservation Society I have taken the hedgehog to an expert volunteer in Beckenham .After examination she suspected a leg injury which may well heal and the hog ...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 9,223 18-08-2015, 07:37 PM
  Thread: Hedgehogs
Post: Hedgehogs

Anyone else have hedgehogs? I saw this in Dacres Wood Nature reserve this afternoon - but it's not well, I'm afraid. [img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/august-18-2015/P1050927-Small....
dacreswood SE23 Topics 9 9,223 18-08-2015, 07:16 PM
  Thread: Lark in the Park - Saturday July 18th
Post: RE: Lark in the Park - Saturday July 18th

Just a quick bump
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,618 17-07-2015, 08:37 AM
  Thread: Lark in the Park - Saturday July 18th
Post: Lark in the Park - Saturday July 18th

[img]http://www.lund.co.uk/images/LarkInPark.PNG[/img] Mayow Park, Saturday 18th July, 12.00 - 4,00 pm [list][*]Free activities for everyone [*]Sports challenges [*]Face painting [*]Story tel...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,618 09-07-2015, 09:40 AM
  Thread: Dacres Wood Open Day Saturday - and AGM
Post: Dacres Wood Open Day Saturday - and AGM

[img]https://gallery.mailchimp.com/c32c25376ea0db3ebb9f37b09/images/ab5c538f-ba2a-4707-98fe-689097454d4f.jpg[/img] [b]AGM & Pond Dipping[/b] Saturday 27th June You are invited to Friends of D...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 3,023 22-06-2015, 07:28 PM
  Thread: If you go down to the woods today...
Post: RE: If you go down to the woods today...

Just had a look at the weather for tomorrow, perfect for a picnic
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,706 29-05-2015, 10:08 AM
  Thread: If you go down to the woods today...
Post: If you go down to the woods today...

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise! A Teddy Bear’s Picnic! The friends of Dacres Wood Nature Reserve are having an open day on Saturday, 30th May. Not just any ol...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 1 3,706 24-05-2015, 03:17 PM
  Thread: Swifts - locally extinct?
Post: RE: Swifts - locally extinct?

I saw some screaming around over Dacres Road last week.
dacreswood Wider Topics 15 13,916 20-05-2015, 05:32 PM
  Thread: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May
Post: RE: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May

Just like to say thank you to everyone who came along to enjoy Claudio's cooking, learn about the ingredients he uses, and help with inoculating some sycamores with oyster mushroom plugs. [img]http...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 4 5,028 18-05-2015, 08:36 PM
  Thread: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May
Post: RE: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May

All servings for our [url=https://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12945]Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May[/url] have now been sold, but I've just been emailed by Ema who runs [url=http://s...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 4 5,028 15-05-2015, 09:08 AM
  Thread: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May
Post: And plant sale!

I forgot to add - there will also be some edible plants for sale, and visitors, as well as seeing the reserve, will also be able to see how some planters installed in the field centre yard are now bei...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 4 5,028 12-05-2015, 06:02 PM
  Thread: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May
Post: RE: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May

I [i]think [/i]we've just sold out the 20 servings of risotto primavera and frittata for this, but some people haven't been explicit about wanting to eat what Claudio is cooking, as well as come for t...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 4 5,028 12-05-2015, 05:55 PM
  Thread: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May
Post: Feast and Fungus Workshop, 17th May

We're hosting Claudio Bincoletto, farmer, chef, forager and environmental expert, on Sunday May 17th [img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Claudio.jpg[/img] The day is about t...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 4 5,028 05-05-2015, 09:20 AM
  Thread: Dacres Wood Open Day today
Post: Dacres Wood Open Day today

The Reserve will be open from 1-4pm. All welcome to come and have a walk round the reserve. Also if you are able to help with the maintenance of the reserve we do call for volunteers to help this S...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 0 3,203 25-04-2015, 09:10 AM
  Thread: Dacres Wood weekly walks
Post: RE: Dacres Wood weekly walks

This [url=http://dacreswood.org.uk/weekly-walk-april-22-2015/]week's walk now published[/url] [img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/april-22-2015/P1040315-Small.JPG[/img] Had to do so...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 3 6,388 22-04-2015, 03:15 PM
  Thread: Dacres Wood weekly walks
Post: RE: Dacres Wood weekly walks

It was great meeting up with Ema Felix of the Secret Adventurers club on this last walk, and learning about the Facebook groups she'd set up for the [url=https://www.facebook.com/friendsofdacreswood]F...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 3 6,388 09-04-2015, 12:45 PM
  Thread: Dacres Wood weekly walks
Post: RE: Dacres Wood weekly walks

Here's how it's looking today. There's definitely a flush of green appearing as I look down the length of the pond [img]http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/april-7-2015/Pond-Small.PNG[/img...
dacreswood SE23 Topics 3 6,388 07-04-2015, 07:11 PM
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